Regenerative Marine Aquaculture

Tom Bowling, CEO of Biota Inc. (Palau), talked about how marine renewable energy supports regenerative practices in the aquarium industry and wild restocking of endangered fish. This webinar highlight how regenerative industries can be aligned with marine renewable energy use. Mr. Bowling has extensive experience in Palau and the Republic of Marshall Islands.

Arthur Hanson

Dr. Art Hanson is a Distinguished Fellow with the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and earlier served as IISD’s President and CEO. He conducts research, and provides advisory services on innovation for sustainable development, environment and economy relationships, biodiversity, oceans, and international development. He is a Member of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development and was the CCICED International Chief Advisor (2002-2019).

Vinayagan Dharmarajah

Vina is the Regional Director (Asia) of BirdLife International and has been in post since January 2017. BirdLife International is a Partnership of about 120 local organizations globally and supports conservation in 15 countries in Asia. Prior to joining BirdLife, Vina worked for the business school INSEAD for almost 6 years as its Legal Counsel in Asia. He has a Bachelors (LL.B. Hons) degree in law from the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom, a BA.

Webinar: The East Asian-Australasian Flyway – Opportunities to Support Wetlands, Livelihoods, and Biodiversity in East and Southeast Asia

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic heightened global awareness of the need to protect nature as well as people and address threats to biodiversity. Efforts to protect migratory waterbirds and their wetland habitats provide opportunities to help improve the protection of natural capital to benefit biodiversity and people.

Nicole Baker

Nicole Baker has almost two decades experience in strategy, institutional development and program design in climate change, renewable energy, transport and biodiversity, across the Asia-Pacific region. Nicole focuses on bringing people together to create a shared vision for a zero-emissions, sustainable future, to understand choices and trade-offs in the pathways to achieve that vision, and to commit to the necessary actions and investments.

Silvia Cardascia

Silvia is a water resources specialist at ADB, where she supports the design of projects in the People’s Republic of China and Mongolia. She also works on knowledge management and is one of the authors of the Asian Water Development Outlook 2020. Prior to joining ADB in 2018, she was a research assistant at the University of Oxford, a United Nations Fellow and a Programme Officer for the Italian Agency of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Addis Ababa.